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Boris Johnson’s father has called for the Conservatives to get greener and said he is baffled by the stance on climate change taken by Tories such as Nigel Lawson.

In a soon-to-be-published interview with TP, Stanley Johnson tells us: "I don’t think it would hurt the Tories to be a bit greener in their approach, although you could say when David Cameron went off and hugged a husky that was a bit opportunistic."

The marriage between the electorate and its representatives is on the rocks and divorce is looming. The ‘trust factor’ in politics is, as in any relationship, vital to its survival, and has taken a huge battering in recent years. A breakdown in communication is the crux of this very difficult problem.

But is it fair to tar all politicians with the same untrustworthy brush? Like any workplace, Westminster contains mainly good eggs, some

This morning, the great bumbling Bear of London ambled up to the stage for his conference address to Coldplay’s Paradise - a soundtrack as safe and tirelessly optimistic as the speech that was to follow.

For today, Boris Johnson - as he did last night speaking at a conference rally - thwarted the hopes of onlookers everywhere for a leadership bid, or at least a gaffe revealing tensions with the prime minister.

Before Ed Balls strode onto the conference stage in Manchester, one Labour figure told me he expected the shadow chancellor to go all out on the attack. "It worked for Gordon Brown, and it's what George Osborne did in opposition," he said. Well, it turns out Balls had higher ambitions than merely attacking David Cameron and Nick Clegg. Of course, he bashed them. "Same old Tories, every one of them" yelled Balls, purposely including

Now that the Games are officially over, any hopes David Cameron and George Osborne originally had of basking in the athletes’ glory will have proven to be misguided.

By contrast, Boris Johnson’s star is on the rise. The rapturous applause enjoyed by the London Mayor at yesterday’s Olympics and Paralympics victory parade was the pinnacle of his summer of popularity. Cameron watched on as Johnson made his speech on the Mall in front

After a fortnight of memorable moments which included his Hyde Park rallying call in response to Mitt Romney's doubts over London's readiness for the games, the zip wire incident and the awkward dad-dancing, Boris tops it all off with a final thank you speech where he thanks the gamesmakers, the Armed Forces, G4S,

Labour failed to take on Boris properly in London, twice. We never got a handle on how to fight him properly, and we allowed him and his campaign to define the terms of the election. He’s bested –twice – one of our political superstars (and one of our few single-name recognition politicians). Yet some in the Party still consider Boris just a joke and fail to see the threat his leadership of

With just over two weeks to go until the start of the Games, the Olympic Village has finished its preparations for the thousands of people due to stay throughout the summer. Here are some of the first shots from inside the Olympic Village. Friends and family will be able to relax with athletes in the green open-spaces around the Village The 360,000 metres-square village, located within the Olympic Park

Ten years have passed since the Labour government launched its south east and east of England airports study, which the High Court initially ruled was unlawful – for excluding Gatwick – in a judicial review which I proposed.

The Thames Estuary Airport proposal, then described as being at ‘Cliffe’ (in the constituency which I now represent), was ruled out on both environment and economic grounds, but the Labour government recommended a second runway

"Every day we read of fresh horrors," wrote Boris Johnson as we awoke to news that Greek party New Democracy will try to form a coalition after its second round of elections.

"Once proud bourgeois families queuing for bread, of people in agony because the government has run out of money to pay for cancer drugs. Pensions are being cut, living standards are falling, unemployment is rising, and the suicide rate is

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